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Mahavastu [sanskrit verse and prose]
177,961 words | ISBN-10: 8120804813 | ISBN-13: 9788120804814
The Sanskrit edition of the Mahavastu: a lengthy work on Buddhist teachings and narratives belonging to the school of early Buddhism (Mahasanghika). This edition includes the verses as well as the prose sections. Original title: Mahāvastu-avādana (महावस्तु-अवादन), Mahāvastvavādana (महावस्त्ववादन, mahavastvavadana).
Section 1.238
atha mahāmaudgalyāyana megho māṇavo udāraṃ harṣasaṃvegaṃ udāraṃ prītiprāmodyaṃ saṃjanayitvā tāni paṃcotpalāni bhagavato dīpaṃkarasya kṣipi / tāni pi prabhājālaṃ mukhamaṇḍalam anuparivāretvā asthāsu // prakṛtiye pi māṇavikāye tāni duve utpalāni kṣiptāni / tāni pi antarīkṣe asthānsu // trīhi prātihāryehi buddhā bhagavanto satvāṃ vinenti ṛddhiprātihāryeṇa ādeśanāprātihāryeṇa anuśāsanīprātihāryeṇa // bhagavato dīpaṃkarasya yā ca meghena māṇavena paṃca utpalāni kṣiptā yā ca prakṛtīye māṇavikāye yā ca anyāye janatāye kṣiptā taṃ bhagavato puṣpavitānam adhiṣṭhitaṃ satvānāṃ vaineyavaśena meghasya māṇavasya prītiprāmodyasaṃjananārthaṃ prāsādiko darśanīyo catuḥsthūṇo catuḥdvāro osaktapaṭṭadāmakalāpo //
___meghasya tāni jalajāni bhagavato prabhāmaṇḍalasyopari samantena sthitāni dṛṣṭvā prāsādikāni prasadaniyāni prītiprāmodyaṃ kāye utpadye udāro ca cetanāprādurbhāvo // so kamaṇḍalum ekānte nikṣipitvā ajinaṃ ca prajñapetvā bhagavato dīpaṃkarasya krameṣu praṇipatitvā keśehi pādatalāni saṃparimārjanto evaṃ cittam utpādeti // aho punar ahaṃ pi bhaveyaṃ anāgatam adhvānaṃ tathāgato'rhaṃ samyaksaṃbuddho vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavid anuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca yathāyaṃ bhagavāṃ dīpaṃkaro etarahiṃ // evaṃ dvātriṃśatīhi mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇehi samanvāgato bhaveyaṃ aśītihi anuvyaṃjanehi upaśobhitaśarīro aṣṭādaśāhi āveṇikehi buddhadharmehi samanvāgato daśahi tathāgatabalehi balavāṃ caturhi vaiśāradyehi suviśārado yathāyaṃ bhagavāṃ dīpaṃkaro etarahiṃ // evaṃ ca anuttaraṃ dharmacakraṃ pravarteyaṃ yathāyaṃ bhagavāṃ dīpaṃkaro etarahiṃ // evaṃ samagraṃ śrāvakasaṃghaṃ parihareyaṃ // evaṃ ca devamanuṣyāḥ śrotavyaṃ
___meghasya tāni jalajāni bhagavato prabhāmaṇḍalasyopari samantena sthitāni dṛṣṭvā prāsādikāni prasadaniyāni prītiprāmodyaṃ kāye utpadye udāro ca cetanāprādurbhāvo // so kamaṇḍalum ekānte nikṣipitvā ajinaṃ ca prajñapetvā bhagavato dīpaṃkarasya krameṣu praṇipatitvā keśehi pādatalāni saṃparimārjanto evaṃ cittam utpādeti // aho punar ahaṃ pi bhaveyaṃ anāgatam adhvānaṃ tathāgato'rhaṃ samyaksaṃbuddho vidyācaraṇasaṃpannaḥ sugato lokavid anuttaraḥ puruṣadamyasārathiḥ śāstā devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca yathāyaṃ bhagavāṃ dīpaṃkaro etarahiṃ // evaṃ dvātriṃśatīhi mahāpuruṣalakṣaṇehi samanvāgato bhaveyaṃ aśītihi anuvyaṃjanehi upaśobhitaśarīro aṣṭādaśāhi āveṇikehi buddhadharmehi samanvāgato daśahi tathāgatabalehi balavāṃ caturhi vaiśāradyehi suviśārado yathāyaṃ bhagavāṃ dīpaṃkaro etarahiṃ // evaṃ ca anuttaraṃ dharmacakraṃ pravarteyaṃ yathāyaṃ bhagavāṃ dīpaṃkaro etarahiṃ // evaṃ samagraṃ śrāvakasaṃghaṃ parihareyaṃ // evaṃ ca devamanuṣyāḥ śrotavyaṃ